Moore, Charles

Moore, Charles
▪ 1994

      U.S. architect (b. Oct. 31, 1925, Benton Harbor, Mich.—d. Dec. 16, 1993, Austin, Texas), was one of the most important and prolific advocates of the informed and eclectic style known as Postmodernism; he was influential as an architect, educator, and author. Moore graduated from the University of Michigan in 1947 and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1957. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the partnership that came to be known as MLTW/Moore Turnbull. In 1966 Moore gained acclaim for his Sea Ranch condominium project in California. The resort featured a style that seemed to reflect its dramatic cliff-side location and one that became popular for many suburban developments. Other important projects included the Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans, La. (1978), and the Alumni Center at the University of California at Irvine, (1983-85). Moore taught at numerous universities and served as the chairman of the architecture departments at the University of California at Berkeley (1962-65) and Yale University (1965-69); from 1985 he held the O'Neil Ford chair in architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. He wrote or co-wrote 11 books, notably Body, Memory and Architecture (1978; with Kent Bloomer) and won the prestigious 1991 Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.

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